Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/želbъ

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Uncertain. Has been compared with Ancient Greek δολφóς (dolphós, “gut”), δελφῡ́ς (delphū́s, “womb”), Sanskrit गर्भ (garbha, “fetus, womb”) from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelbʰ-, however, (per Vasmer) semantically unsatisfactory.^[1] Alternatively, akin to Ancient Greek γλάφω (gláphō, “to dig, to hollow”), Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”), or Proto-Germanic *gulbą (“floor”); the first two would trace to a Proto-Indo-European *gelbʰ- (“to flay, to scrape”), while the third (endorsed by Vasmer) traces to *gʰelbʰ- (“to hollow out; groove, gutter”).^[2]

Noun

*žȇlbъ m^[3]^[4]

groove, furrow, manger
socket
(by extension) steep gorge

Declension

Declension of *žȇlbъ (u-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlby	*žȇlbove
genitive	*žȇlbu	*želbovù	*želbòvъ
dative	*žȇlbovi	*želbъmà	*žȇlbъmъ
accusative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlby	*žȇlby
instrumental	*žȇlbъmь	*želbъmà	*želbъmì
locative	*želbú	*želbovù	*žȇlbъxъ
vocative	*želbu	*žȇlby	*žȇlbove

Declension of *žȇlbъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlba	*žȇlbi
genitive	*žȇlba	*želbù	*žẽlbъ
dative	*žȇlbu	*želbomà	*želbòmъ
accusative	*žȇlbъ	*žȇlba	*žȇlby
instrumental	žȇlbъmь, žȇlbomь^*	*želbomà	*želbý
locative	*žȇlbě	*želbù	*želbě̃xъ
vocative	*želbe	*žȇlba	*žȇlbi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

*želbiti (“to furrow, to trench”)
*želbьcь, *želbica (“small socket, groove”)
*želbina (“socket; muzzle, gorge”)
*želbьnъ (“grooved”)
*želbavъ (“notched, hooked”)

Related terms

*gъlbь, *gъlbica (“type of duck, swan”) (possibly)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: жолобъ (žolobŭ)
  - Belarusian: жо́лаб (žólab)
  - Russian: жёлоб (žólob), жо́лоб (žólob)
  - Ukrainian: жо́лоб (žólob)
South Slavic:
- Old Church Slavonic:
  Old Cyrillic script: жлѣбъ (žlěbŭ)
  
  Glagolitic script: ⰶⰾⱑⰱⱏ (žlěbŭ)
- Bulgarian: жлеб (žleb), жляб (žljab)
- Macedonian: жлеб (žleb)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: жле̑б, жлије̑б
  
  Latin script: žlȇb, žlijȇb
- Slovene: žlȇb (u-stem)
West Slavic:
- Old Czech: žleb, žlab
  - Czech: žleb, žlab
- Old Polish: żłób
  - Polish: żłób
  - Silesian: żłōb
- Slovak: žleb, žľab
  - → Polish: żleb
- Pomeranian:
  - Kashubian: żłób
  - Slovincian: żlób
- Sorbian:
  - Lower Sorbian: žłob
  - Upper Sorbian: žłob

Non-Slavic languages:
- Hungarian: zsilip

References

^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жолоб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gulba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “želbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d rende (PR 137; RPT 105)”
^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “žlȇb”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žȇlbъ”

[1] Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “жолоб”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

[EDPG-2] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*gulba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194

[3] Olander, Thomas (2001), “želbъ”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[2], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “d rende (PR 137; RPT 105)”

[4] Snoj, Marko (2016), “žlȇb”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *žȇlbъ”

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